Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago[meme] How would you rather see this land developed?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square805linkfedilinkarrow-up11.44Karrow-down1220
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1image[meme] How would you rather see this land developed?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square805linkfedilink
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down12·2 years agoI don’t know. They seem pretty natural in a lot of places. I didn’t plant my lawn. I don’t water it. It has just always been there.
minus-squareladam@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThat might be true for you but the US uses 9 Billion gallons of water per day on residential irrigation. As of 2017 https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/www3/watersense/pubs/outdoor.html#
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoOf course you probably mow and trim. So still pretty unnatural. Natural Flora tends to look better even without obsessive maintenance. A robot mower was critical for me to actually not mind having to have a grass lawn. Sucks for pollinators though…
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWe do keep a couple patches of wildflowers.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoYou just made my hoa froth at the mouth a little.
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I don’t know. They seem pretty natural in a lot of places.
I didn’t plant my lawn. I don’t water it. It has just always been there.
That might be true for you but the US uses 9 Billion gallons of water per day on residential irrigation. As of 2017 https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/www3/watersense/pubs/outdoor.html#
Of course you probably mow and trim. So still pretty unnatural. Natural Flora tends to look better even without obsessive maintenance. A robot mower was critical for me to actually not mind having to have a grass lawn.
Sucks for pollinators though…
We do keep a couple patches of wildflowers.
You just made my hoa froth at the mouth a little.